Improvement in harness-saddle trees



J. HUBER. Harness Saddle-Tree.

No. 198,619. Patented Dec. 25,1871

HER. T0-l UNITnnSTATns PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB HUBER, OF NEWARK, NEWJERSEY, ASSIGNOR. OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TOJOHN M. GWINNELL, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-SADDLE TREES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,619, dated December25, 1877; application filed October a, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB HUBER, of the city of Newark, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Saddle- Trees, 85c. and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification. I

This inventionrelates tocertain improvements in saddle-trees forharness, and is fully shown in the drawings accompanying thisspecification, in which- I Figure 1 is an elevation of one-half of acomplete saddle, with its terrets and hook.

Fig. 2 is a View of the tree; Fig. 3, a plan of the tree; and Fig. 4, aview of the bottom plate K.

Similar letters of reference indicate correv spending parts in each ofthe several figures.

This invention consists in constructing the saddle-tree, asfully'described hereinafter, to

r secure the attachment of the flaps.

In Fig. 1, A is the body of the saddle-tree; B, the terret, and O thehole for'rein-hook. D is the leather flap, under which is a leatherbrace, E, and over which the back-band or shaft-strap F is secured byits insertion through the opening G, in Fig. 2, and its embracing ,thestem H of the terret B, which passes through the jockey I, flap D, andsaid shaftstrap F into the nut b. In orderto retain the flap D firmly onthe i tree and hold its end flat against the face of the moldingof thesame readily in sand.

The end of the tongue, being parallel with the face of the tree, holdsthe flap D fiat on said face without the use of the ordinary riv ets orpins, while it does not extend above the face of the flap, to makeaprotuberance below the jockey. t

In Fig. 3 are shown certain holes a, provided to fit pins con bottomplate K, or vice versa, which are secured to the tree by riveting saidpins in the holes a; or both platesimparting great stiffness andstrength to the 7 tree and furnishing a smooth surface, which conformsto the shape of the horses back.

The casting of the bottom plate K separately secures the utmostlightness in its construction. The lugs 0 have openings 6 cast behindthem, to lighten the castings and facilitate their being drawn from thesand, and the pins (0 providing a cheap and effectual means offastcningthe plates to the body of the saddle tree A.

I am aware that a hook below the terret for Q holding a tongue oftheflap, which flap extends beneath the tree, has been used, and I donot claim the same; but I claim The combination, in a harnesssaddle, ofa flap lying on top of the tree, and a hook, J,

arranged above the terret, and holding the.

upper end of the flap in contact with the face of the tree, as and forthe purpose specified.

In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as my own I hereto affix mysignature in pres- I ence of two witnesses.

" JACOB HUBER.

Witnesses: V V

OLIVER DRAKE,

P. J. INSLEE.

